It may be just another seed catalog but it’s what I’ve been reading page by page this week. And what I read page by page every year when it comes out. Wild Garden Seed is Karen and Frank Morton and a small crew of dedicated seed people that grow a bunch of seed for their … More Farmer Book Club: The wild garden seed catalog
Cultiva-Cosecha-Comparte: Semillas Para Todos – texte de Sole Saburido y Jenn Ungemach arte de Emily C-D (@somossemillasma) Cubre todos los fundamentos de la botánica y de la biblioteca de semillas que necesitas conocer. Además de 12 fichas de cultivos de las verduras más comunes que puedes conservar. Este es el manual de conservación de semillas … More Farmer Book Club: Cultiva-Cosecha-Comparte: Semillas Para Todos
How To Save Your Own Seeds by Seeds Of Diversity Canada This is a simple 68 page book packed with more seed saving information than you can believe. It’s actually the 6th edition of this book, and every edition has gotten clearer and better in every way! One of the additions in recent editions has … More Farmer Book Club: How To Save Your Own Seeds by Seeds
The Wisdom of Plant Heritage: Organic Seed Production and Saving by Bryan Connolly. The title of this book precises both Seed PRODUCTION and Seed SAVING. That distinction is what I adore about this book. Up until I read The Wisdom of Plant Heritage, I was only able to find seed saving information in the seed … More Farmer Book Club: The Wisdom of Plant Heritage: Organic Seed Production and Saving
Seeds, spreadsheets, and farm quality of life are a few of my favourite things. I’m serious. Seeds – those dense little packets of genetic information and potential that carry stories and communities over millennia – I love all the things that they grow into, I love the way they feel when you harvest, I love … More Seeds, spreadsheets, and farm quality of life
We ran out of time to build caterpillar tunnels in Novemeber.
So we built mini tunnels to overwinter crops instead! … More Mini Tunnels To Get Seed Crops Through The Winter
Next week, on December 12, Going To Seed turns 10 years old! Wow. When I first started typing these blog posts, I was but a learner. I wouldn’t say I’m a master now but I have learned so much. Today’s post is going to highlight 10 Going To Seed articles I’ve posted over the years … More 10 Years of Going To Seed
This week I was on the No-Till Growers Podcast with Jesse Frost! At first I had some trepidation about being on a No-Tillcentric podcast. At Tourne-Sol, we do a touch of no-till in our green houses but we are a tractor tillage based farm. There are many other growers equipped to better discuss no-till. In … More Talking Seeds On The No-Till Growers Podcast
Last weekend was the latest ECOSGN gathering. It was amazing! ECOSGN is the Eastern Canadian Organic Seed Growers Network. This year we met in Montreal at Santropol Roulant for 2 half days of activities and then came to Tourne-Sol Farm where I led a tour. Listening To The Indigenous Seed Keepers Panel Tourne-Sol Farm Tour … More Meeting Up With My Seed Folks for ECOSGN 2019!
We’ve been cleaning seeds like there is no tomorrow! Basically, because we need to get out of greenhouse (where we clean seeds) and into the seed shack to get germ testing and seed packing so we’re ready to ship in December! Here are the basic steps we use for most of our seed cleaning. Dirty … More Seed Cleaning 101: Winnowing And Screening